Case Study: Linens-N-Things

FileWay also allowed us to avoid having to support VPNs and end-user PCs.

One of the nation’s largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of home textiles, house-wares and home accessories operating in 40 states and 2 provinces of Canada. As of December 31, 2000 Linens ‘n Things operated 284 stores averaging approximately 35,000 gross square feet each and reported annual sales approaching $1.5 billion.

The company has approximately 400 remote users with web-based e-mail but requiring file access as well. These include traditional ‘road-warrior’ types such as travelling buyers, as well as promotional staff working at home and a large number of district managers scattered around the country.

“Most of our remote user community was already familiar with web-based mail using an OWA interface which has been in place for over 3 years. Integration with FileWay™ was therefore a natural evolution, appearing simply as another feature on the OWA screen. FileWay also allowed us to avoid having to support VPNs and end-user PCs.”

FileWay is a Secure Enterprise File Sharing and Synchronization (EFSS) software that provides your organization’s web-enabled users with access to the documents they need to work efficiently, no matter their location or the device they are using. Your users can remotely access important files, and folders, whether they’re at home, on the road, or on-site with a customer. It's like having on-premises your own private and secure cloud.